Very Bridge

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 9 8 7 6
  2. heartJ 9 8 5
  3. diamondK 7 6 3
  4. club—
  1. spadeJ 5 3
  2. heart6 4 2
  3. diamond9
  4. clubA K Q J 8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 - - -
S - 1 - - -
E 6 - 3 2 4
W 6 - 3 2 4
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 4 2
  2. heartA Q 7 3
  3. diamondA 5 4
  4. club9 6

Contract: 6diamondx
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeK
  1. spade10
  2. heartK 10
  3. diamondQ J 10 8 2
  4. club10 5 4 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart 2NT
4heart 5diamond 5heart Pass
Pass 6diamond Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Against the small matter of 6diamond doubled, East led a top spade and switched to a small trump. Declarer ruffed a club (East failing to unblock) and led a heart, so East went up with heartA to play two rounds of diamonds. West was now becoming sympathetic to declarer's plight and discarded two clubs. Eventually North made four diamonds, a club ruff in hand and two hearts.

Only -1400.

So which bid was worst. 2NT by South? 4heart by West? 5heart by East? 6diamond by North?
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